The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
what the Negro Newspapers Say of
the Bill Before the Georgia LeSis.
Iature. to Prevent the CO.Educa-
tiOn of the Races.
IU1uSta Gazette.

We have already given our reasons. or nj
least SOME OF them, for uncqui"ocally and
course we have no doubt Of its triumphant
passage. At the same time should there be
in the minds of any white persons the slight.
est migiving Us so the need Of such an enact
mcnt. that misglving will disappear instant
ly upon reading the following expressions on
the subject land othcrs) taken from negro
newspapers:
The 4Nanta Defiance says:
"Any man who says that the intelligent ne
groes Of the South or anywhere else don't
want mixed schools lies or shows his COM
sooner or later they will have them.
1t is the only thing that will teach the white
man of this country that the negro is his
equal"
"The southern law makers will have the
sins of hundreds of men like Dickson, of
Georgia, and Reynolds, OF South Carolina,
upon their garments They fail to give a legal
And then bristles the atlanta Defiance
again:
country il applied to n few miscreants OF the
white color"
Then the Georgia Baptist alternates:
"Should this bill become law. the white
people will be the first to wish its repeal
There will be some fun In Georgia that these
Bourbon Rip Van Wrinkles have not perhaps
thought of. Let them try 1t, and see what
the outcome will be-"
Then comes sockdologer from the augusta
ISentiael for the author of the bill:
"There can be no doubt Of the fact that the
name OF Glenn will hereafter stand for the
most ultra-Southern hate against the negro.
Col w Glenn is indeed famous; fame no
man need envy
atlanta Journal.
AS indicative of the wishes of the race agi-
tatOrs and of the policy Of the Atlanta Uni
yersity, hear this from the Defiance Of July
This negro lays bold claim to being the
leader of his race in the State. Bear this In
mind and then pause and reflect upon the
drltt of this Infamous Paragraph in his paper
of July 23
"Dickson, Of Georgia, one of the richest
men in the state, died not long ago and left
his colorcd wife Nhe white papers and folks
say 'concubine" hut not SOP and children
something over Sl0.OO0, and now, us If to keep
the ball moving, and to add new inspiration
TO the negroes progress, one RcpnoldS OF
south Carolina, has died and left Il fortune
even more princcly TO his colored wife and
children, estimated to be near S60,00O God
grant that the good work may 90 ON Moth
ing can stop it.. 1t is bound to go forward"
MONTGOMERY, ALA, August l5.-Popular
Indignation against an article in the Herald
a weekly paper edited by Il colored man
named lessee Dukes, reached the climax here
to-day. The article came out Saturday and is
as follows:
some negro for outraging some white woman.
Why is it that the white women attract the
negro now more than in former days? There
was Il time when such thing was unheurd
Of There is secret to this thing, and we
greatly suspect IL is the growing apprccatior
Of the white Juliet for the colored Romeo aS
he becomes more intelligent and refined. If
something is not done TO break up these
lynchingS it will be so after awhile that they
will lynch every colored man that looks Mt
white woman with twinkle in his eye.
\ large public meeting to-day adopted reso-
lutions dcpouncing him and warning him to
keep away from Montgomery at the peril of
his life. Dukes paper had been bitterly par
tiSan and has more than once contained ar
ticles to which the whites seriously objected.
He was mail agent until Cleveland came in.